Chad Smeby

About Chad Smeby

You are welcome to contact me at c•••••@truenorthcompanies.comI am the Community Practice Leader at TrueNorth Companies in Cedar Rapids, IA, with 26 years of progressive insurance leadership experience. My work building and leading the team has resulted in doubling total revenue in 7 years while increasing shareholder equity. By focusing on niche markets, specialization, acquisition, and addition of new producers, I increased organic growth by 23%. In my senior leadership position, my team increased total profit tenfold while maintaining existing service expense and retaining back-office staff. I tripled key partner direct written premiums to maximize relationship revenue and benefits. While building an organizational perpetuation plan, I have identified, recruited, licensed, trained, and on-boarded the next generation of insurance agents and staff.Leadership Core Competencies: • Insurance Vice President• Business Planner and Developer • Market Growth Strategist• Revenue and Shareholder Equity Builder• New Producer Partner• Practice Leader and Negotiator • Senior Team Leader• Hiring and Onboarding Agent Director

Experience

1. Community Practice Leader

   TrueNorth Companies, L.C.

   Apr 2024 — Present · Cedar Rapids, IA, US

   As an insurance broker, our philosophy is our mission: TrueNorth assists companies and people with protecting and maximizing their assets, resources and opportunities – in short, the things that matter and make a difference in the lives of those we encounter. This is the lens with which we create solutions and how we can say with confidence that our impact transcends the bottom line. An engagement with TrueNorth is much more than cost savings; we provide sound solutions and extended resources that foster security and support our client\'s aspirations. TrueNorth is excited to focus on intentionally engaging and servicing businesses, both large and small, right here in our communities.

Education

• Mount Mercy University

  Bachelors of Science, Business

Skills

• Claim
• Health Insurance
• Casualty Insurance
• Sales
• Inland Marine
• Underwriting
• Marketing
• Sales Management
• Workers Compensation
• Commercial Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Commercial Lines
• Professional Liability
• Property & Casualty Insurance
• Business Planning
• Insurance
• Customer Service
• Casualty
• General Insurance
• New Business Development
• Selling
• Umbrella Insurance
• Legal Liability
• Liability